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Northern lights

Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon find themselves in the bleak splendour of the north where bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - To their horror they find a team of scientists conducting fearful experiments.

Winner of British Book Award 1996.Winner of LA Carnegie Medal 1995.Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003.Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

Description:

399 pages ; 20 cm.

Other Titles:

Golden compass.

Responsibility:

Philip Pullman.

Abstract:

In this first part of the "Dark Materials" trilogy, Lyra's friend Roger disappears. She and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. Their quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North where a team of scientists are conducting unspeakably horrible experiments.Read more...

"Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon find themselves in the bleak splendour of the north where bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - To their horror they find a team of scientists conducting fearful experiments."@en